1955 Cleveland Guardians roster

31 players appeared for the Cleveland Guardians in the 1955 MLB season.

1955 Guardians roster: batting

1955 Cleveland Guardians batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Al Smith154607123186227711.306.407.880
Bobby Avila1415378314613611.272.368.768
Al Rosen1394926112021814.244.362.765
Larry Doby1314919114326752.291.369.874
George Strickland13038834812341.209.302.575
Ralph Kiner113321567818540.243.367.818
Jim Hegan11630430679400.220.293.632
Vic Wertz74257306514551.253.332.807
Hal Naragon5712712411141.323.394.843
Hank Foiles621111329170.261.354.723
Sam Dente7310510270100.257.331.626
Joe Altobelli4275815250.200.259.579
Dale Mitchell61584150100.259.302.629
Rudy Regalado102627050.269.321.668
Billy Harrell131928011.421.500.921
Stu Locklin161843000.167.286.508
Rocky Colavito5934000.444.4441.111
Stan Pawloski2801000.125.125.250
Kenny Kuhn4602001.333.429.762

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1955 Guardians roster: pitching

1955 Cleveland Guardians pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Early WynnP323117112.82230.01221.250
Herb ScoreP333216102.85227.12451.370
Bob LemonP353118103.88211.11001.382
Mike GarciaP383111134.02210.21201.363
Art HouttemanP35121063.98124.1531.370
Ray NarleskiP601913.71111.2941.2819
Bob FellerP2511443.4783.0251.230
Don MossiP571432.4281.2691.219
Jose SantiagoP170202.4832.2191.380
Hank AguirreP41201.4212.261.420
Bud DaleyP21016.437.021.570
Hal NewhouserP20000.002.112.140

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.